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Tulare County growth

1,790 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Tulare County

Housing units the county's permit offices authorized, by year, from the Census Bureau.

New housing units permitted in Tulare County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20261,6301,564
Jan–Sep 20251,3061,247
20251,7901,567
20241,4471,112
20231,1651,035
20222,3851,420
20211,5101,300
20201,5751,406
20191,8721,619
  • Sep 2026194
  • Aug 2026138
  • Jul 2026178
  • Jun 2026223
  • May 2026185
  • Apr 2026232
  • Mar 2026177
  • Feb 2026148
  • Jan 2026117
  • Dec 2025135
  • Nov 2025148
  • Oct 2025201

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Tulare County

  • Population485,146Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+11,231 (+2.4%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents3.72025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$71,3002020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,532

Jobs in Tulare County

  • Jobs in the county174,610Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+17,337 (+11.0%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0542025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Tulare County

Change in the price of homes sold or refinanced more than once (the FHFA repeat-sales index).

  • Home prices, 1 year+4%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+53%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Land in Tulare County

Our own figures from the county roll and the county's recorded sales.

  • Vacant land5,830 vacant-coded on the county rollCounty roll · Oct 11, 2026

Growth in nearby counties

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

New homes

U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2019-01 to 2026-09; annual files 2019-2025, posted May 14, 2026; the monthly files through Sep 2026, posted Oct 27, 2026. New housing units authorized by building permits, reported plus imputed. A month is the figure in that month's file; a year is the annual file, which adds late and corrected reports, so twelve months need not add up to the year. Public domain.

People

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025, July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025, posted Mar 26, 2026. Public domain.

Income

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, 2020-2024 (2024 dollars), posted Jan 29, 2026. Median household income; printed at a coefficient of variation of 30% or less. Public domain.

Jobs

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2020-2025 annual averages, posted Aug 21, 2026. All industries, all ownerships, jobs covered by unemployment insurance; place of work. Public domain.

Land

Groundwork's map of the county roll and the county's own recorded sales: the same figures, gates and dates as the county page.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 27, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.